Another question (sorry)

[Kaylz]

Planning on having a chicken omelette from the takeaway tomorrow (grandad's treat) question is anyone able to give me a rough estimate on the carbs of that and the salad that comes with it just don't want to enter it into the machine wrong and take too little or too much insulin sorry that I'm not very good at this yet I've been relying packets for the past few weeks but that's also getting very stressful x (again sorry to bother everyone all the time) x

 

[Martin Canty]

again sorry to bother everyone all the time

Sorry I can't help but please don't feel like you are bothering everyone, we are here to support eachother.

If you post the name of the takeaway then perhaps there is some nutrition information online...

 

[Ditto]

Kayl, can't you just go with fresh food? If it's in a packet or from a takeaway you can bet your life there's added sugar.

 

[Pigeon]

No problem at all, it's good to have a treat now and then. I would imaging very few carbs in a chicken omelette and salad. You may find in a low carb high fat/protein meal like this that your BG rises anyway even though there are no carbs. The only thing you can do is try it and test- then write down the results so you know what worked or didn't work for next time! I would treat this dinner as if it was about 20g carbs but that is based on my experience alone. Hope you enjoy your takeaway tea!

 

[Amigo]

There's less than 5 carbs in a 2 egg chicken omelette unless they add sugar but that's unlikely. Here's the carb content of salad. Depends what's in it really;

I can't advise on how much insulin you'll need though having no experience of using it.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/ca...e-2-large-eggs-chicken-spinach-onion-18587878

https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/food/salad/carbohydrate

 

[Robin]

I think Pigeon has hit it on the head. Even though there may be negligible carbs in chicken, egg and salad, your body will process the protein into glucose, just more slowly. so it will be a case of guesstimating, testing, and learning from the experience. Treating it as about 20 carbs seems a very sensible plan. Good luck and enjoy!

 

[Kaylz]

Kayl, can't you just go with fresh food? If it's in a packet or from a takeaway you can bet your life there's added sugar.

If I cover it all I can have whatever I like though I'm not going to live my life too scared to eat things I feel like I still deserve a treat and my nurse said I could still eat what I wanted to and what I used to it's comment's like this that scare the hell out of me I'm not having a go at you in anyway but there is such differed opinions on here of what I should and shouldn't be doing it's making me worry to eat anything

 

[Amigo]

If I cover it all I can have whatever I like though I'm not going to live my life too scared to eat things I feel like I still deserve a treat and my nurse said I could still eat what I wanted to and what I used to it's comment's like this that scare the hell out of me I'm not having a go at you in anyway but there is such differed opinions on here of what I should and shouldn't be doing it's making me worry to eat anything

It's obvious you're scared about the whole thing at the moment Kaylz. Are you due to go on any courses to help you carb count etc?
I think Ditto was genuinely trying to help because what we make ourselves we can control but in honesty you should be fine with what you're planning to have.

 

[Ditto]

Don't listen to anything I say, I haven't a clue! I'm learning such a lot here though, it is a learning curve isn't it? We'll be okay, we just have to keep going and keep learning. Don't be scared, I'm scared enough for both of us. You are right, you have to lead your life and have the occasional treat. My sister says the same thing.

 

[Kaylz]

I think Pigeon has hit it on the head. Even though there may be negligible carbs in chicken, egg and salad, your body will process the protein into glucose, just more slowly. so it will be a case of guesstimating, testing, and learning from the experience. Treating it as about 20 carbs seems a very sensible plan. Good luck and enjoy!

Thanks Robin I will treat it as around 35/36 though as want a piece of bread with it but as mentioned in previous reply there are some people really scaring me off food my nurse said I could still eat everything I used to within reason obviously regarding portion sizes etc but then others say I shouldn't be I don't see him again for 2 weeks so unsure of what to do x

 

[Kaylz]

It's obvious you're scared about the whole thing at the moment Kaylz. Are you due to go on any courses to help you carb count etc?
I think Ditto was genuinely trying to help because what we make ourselves we can control but in honesty you should be fine with what you're planning to have.

I've not been told about any courses I've kinda been left to deal with it by myself at the moment hence trawling the internet everyday reading packets on online supermarkets, I don't make my own tea as I go to visit my grandad every night x

 

[Martin Canty]

previous reply there are some people really scaring me off food

I sincerely hope it's not their intent, however, well meaning thoughts can be misconstrued.....

Certainly, treat yourself every so often, from the sound of the meal it's a good choice though I would recommend testing (more rigorously) new foods until you know their effect on your BG

 

[Robin]

Thanks Robin I will treat it as around 35/36 though as want a piece of bread with it but as mentioned in previous reply there are some people really scaring me off food my nurse said I could still eat everything I used to within reason obviously regarding portion sizes etc but then others say I shouldn't be I don't see him again for 2 weeks so unsure of what to do x

I think you're doing just fine, the first few months are very much a question of experimenting, seeing what works, seeing what doesn't ( we are all different, and we all have nightmare foods that we find so difficult to calculate for, we avoid them or just have them occasionally). I wasn't offered a course for about a year, and by that time, I declined the offer because I felt I'd learnt enough by myself!

 

[Kaylz]

Actually I'll go posh and have the poppadoms rather than a plain slice of bread haha let's push the boat and not be scared to live my life 🙂

 

[Kaylz]

Off what we're talking about I'm watching I'm A Celeb just now wonder what the nurses/dietician would suggest the carbs were in the stuff they had to eat or drink haha 🙂 x

 

[Radders]

I often have an omelette for Saturday brunch. Having experimented with treating it as zero carbs and attempted to bolus for the protein I came to the conclusion that I get better results by eating some carbs with it as the protein seems to be less of an issue for me. Just having the omelette and bolusing for 20g would probably make me hypo to be honest but you might be different. Protein takes a bit longer to hit my system. Your bread or poppadums sound like a great idea! I normally go for baked beans, which is about 30g carbs in a small tin: depending on the cafe that's normally about what I get if not having chips! I wouldn't worry about the carbs in salad, I eat a huge salad for my dinner and it's only 10g, way bigger than a portion you'd get with an omelette.

 

[Radders]

Ps poppadums I normally treat as 8g carbs each.

 

[trophywench]

Yup the small Sharwoods ones are roughly 4g, so 8g for one twice the diameter sounds about right to me. I wouldn't bolus at all for the omelette or the salad, myself - but of course I only know that by all the food and testing that's under the bridge for me. I'd far rather under-bolus - if you then test a couple of hours later and it hasn't come back down to pre-meal levels - well - just have a small correction and monitor the effects. It's not rocket science - it's simply common sense used often !